i7-900s vs Xeon processors - identical?

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Figures... less than a week after I buy an i7-950, it becomes legacy... :>)
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Ha! Don't you hate it when that happens?

Maybe my upgrade cycle will be shorter than 4 years now.
 
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Passmark Scores...
i7-2600K, 9178
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This is awesome! Score is comparable to 980 which is priced at a tousand dollar. If 9178 fits on the same socket that will be great.
 
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"... If 9178 fits on the same socket that will be great.
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Looks like that's a "NO".... the new line of Core i3/i5/i7 CPUs requires socket 1155.

"Socket 1155"? With both the current Core and new Core CPUs carrying the same series name ( i3/i5/i7), one has to wonder how many CPUs and mobos will be fried by DIYers trying to install a a new socket 1155 CPU on a Socket 1156 mobo and vice versa...
 
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